Collection of Baron and Baronne Bertrand de Giey
Antonio del Drago
Two views in the environs of Rome, with figures
Auction Closed
July 3, 03:27 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Collection of Baron and Baronne Bertrand de Giey
Antonio del Drago
Active late 18th/early 19th century
Two views in the environs of Rome, with figures:
A)The Ponte Milvio;
B) A distant view of Tivoli with the Villa Gregoriana, a bridge below
both signed in pen and brown ink, lower left: Antonio del Drago Roma
both watercolour and pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk
Each circa 495 by 730 mm
(2)
A number of signed watercolours by del Drago showing similar views are preserved in the Devonshire Collection at Chatsworth. The artist is unrecorded, but he was active in Rome towards the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century - one of many who worked to satisfy the enormous demand for views of this type from travelers on the Grand Tour.
